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LaDuke: U.S. is a country of energy junkies
Monday, January 12, 2004
"The U.S. is the wealthiest and most dominant country in the world, and we can’t keep the lights on in New York City nor can we provide continuous power in a "liberated" Baghdad. Centralized power production based on fossil fuel and nuclear resources has served to centralize political power, to disconnect communities from responsibility and control over energy, and to create a vast wasteful system. We need to recover democracy. And one key element is democratizing power production. Let’s face it, we are energy junkies. The U.S. is the largest energy market in the world, and we consume one third of the world’s energy resources with 5 percent of the population. We are undeniably addicted - whether to an economy based on burning of fossil fuels and wasteful production systems, or to oil. Ninety-seven percent of the total world oil consumption has been in the past 70 years. We even slather oil-based fertilizers and herbicides on our food crops." Get the Story:
LaDuke: Wind not war, Democratizing power production (Indian Country Today 1/12)
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LaDuke: U.S. is a country of energy junkies
Monday, January 12, 2004
"The U.S. is the wealthiest and most dominant country in the world, and we can’t keep the lights on in New York City nor can we provide continuous power in a "liberated" Baghdad. Centralized power production based on fossil fuel and nuclear resources has served to centralize political power, to disconnect communities from responsibility and control over energy, and to create a vast wasteful system. We need to recover democracy. And one key element is democratizing power production. Let’s face it, we are energy junkies. The U.S. is the largest energy market in the world, and we consume one third of the world’s energy resources with 5 percent of the population. We are undeniably addicted - whether to an economy based on burning of fossil fuels and wasteful production systems, or to oil. Ninety-seven percent of the total world oil consumption has been in the past 70 years. We even slather oil-based fertilizers and herbicides on our food crops." Get the Story:
LaDuke: Wind not war, Democratizing power production (Indian Country Today 1/12)
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